Great work from Rachel & the team at Edinburgh University Archives.

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I can do the same with Victorian crimes. There has always been awful crimes.

There’s been in influx of new people here so, like many others I thought I’d do an intro thread. Most of my time is taken up working with archives, museums and heritage sites. I provide an extra pair of management eyes, improve collections management or support organisations planning projects.

Spoke to a senior university health professional recently who said that if the naming and filing conventions in the NHS were standardised, we’d have the most incredible easily anonymised dataset for research, and even useful AI-assisted breakthroughs. It’s what the tech could excel at. But nope.

Thanks for all your questions about file names and emojis. I will give an archivists view soon. However I’m knee deep in sorting 19th century paper files today so bear with me. Other archivists, feel free to step in!

New best practice: Never use an emoji in a filename. Avoid file managers that allow them.

And they are a nightmare when preserving the files! (from experience with newsletters with emoji in the subject line).

No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?

The BBC now a target of the MAGA censorship playbook Trump Threatens to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion After Jan. 6 Documentary They should learn some lessons from @therickwilson.bsky.social and @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social and push back www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...

Job klaxon 📢: fancy managing a busy University archives service? Now's your chance: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

After five years studying, a pesky landslide on a train track wasn’t stopping me! I’m now officially an MSc graduate of the Strathclyde Genealogy programme. Remind me, never again…..

Wow. Not only is the fee to get a will jumping to £16 but the bulk buy commercial rate seems to stay at £1.50 todayswillsandprobate.co.uk/did-the-new-...

On mum duties today to drive my daughter for her volunteering at Park run, Croxteth Park. Apparently a T-Rex can’t get the bus…..

Will someone please fix David’s glasses?

Did you know that access to government records was one of the many grievances enumerated in the Declaration of Independence. That's right, transparency and access to government archives and records has been a paramount value of the US from day one! #AskAnArchivist

A new exhibition that tells the story of Women’s Rugby League for the first time has opened at the University of Huddersfield. The Pioneers: Women in Rugby League reveals the hidden history of the sport through rare archival treasures. Discover more via our blog🔗 tinyurl.com/3934ahrf

If in doubt, print it out.....www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I know we often measure Archive collections in Olympic swimming pools, but can anyone think of a smaller equivalent for cubic metres? Just over half an Olympic swimming pool isn’t hitting the spot!

If you weren't able to join the #ArchivesAccreditn launch webinar, you can see the updated standard, guidance and application form online*: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sec...

Yep, he’s not wrong. Speaking on behalf of all you civil servant types who can’t speak….

My mind is returning to this talk. Shall I add it to the list or not?

I’ve sorry all the Steve’s are losing their jobs, but this has made me Giggle…

Collections Management folks, would any laws have been broken had the sword been sent and accepted by the King, given its provenance ? It’s got me Thinking….

This must be the prettiest road leading to a local authority archive service? - North East Wales Archives Hawarden.

Part 1 of McEwan’s What we can know is amazing. It follows its protagonist’s attempts to find a lost 2014 poem. Set in 2119 when much of Britain is submerged under water, it feels like a love letter to the quirks & pitfalls of historical researcher esp know that the bodleian is on top of Snowdonia

BREAKING: sources say NARA has forced out Dr. Todd Arrington, the federal director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, after he declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a sword from the library for a gift to King Charles lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

This feedback from today’s training session for community archives in St Helens, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund made me giggle. I know exactly what she means!

Ah Covid, it has been such a long time since you called on this household. I’d be grateful if you kept away from me for a while please????

I’d just like to point out to the politicians that the best volunteers are those that want to be there, not those who are forced to ‘volunteer’. They are the ones charities need and want. And don’t forget that it takes time and money to manage volunteers, something charities don’t have.

Courts and prison staff are facing criminal charges after allegedly illegally accessing case files relating to the Nottingham triple killing in 2023

From @chrismpaton.bsky.social Ancestry and the NRS - when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly. Extremely alarming legal saga involving US genealogy company Ancestry and National Records of Scotland re core Scottish genealogy and family history records. scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/ance...

Lovely to attend the launch of the exhibition celebrating 50 years of the Whitechapel Centre yday funded by Heritage Fund. I’ve enjoyed co-creating it with service users. I couldn’t help but notice this celebration of the work to end homelessness was juxtaposed with adverts for luxury apartments.

This year marks 175 years since the Public Libraries Act. We want to create an archive for the next 175 years. Between 6 and 12 October, we want you to photograph what your #Library service looks like today. Find out more: www.librariesconnected.org.uk/projects/lib...

I cannot stress how important it is that the issue of police records is dealt with and not brushed under the carpet as it has been for decades. The fact that they aren't Public Records is an accident of history, but the impact of this lack of regulatory control is immense.

Here we go again? #genealogy www.reuters.com/business/exc...

A copy of the top secret plan for the liberation of the Channel Islands at the end of World War Two has sold at auction for more than three times its expected price. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s 10 degrees colder on this mornings dog walk that it was on Friday. Who decided it was autumn and where was my vote?

Really sad to hear of the death of John Stapleton. He trained a group of us Clore fellows in being interviewed on camera and radio. I really valued him sharing his skills and knowledge. A real loss. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Super early #ConfinedCocktails at Day Fever afternoon club night! Have a good one everyone.

My football season started yesterday with a win. Looking forward to more European games under the floodlights.

Great start to the day. Stumbled on a really quite detailed description of murder in an archive catalogue. Honestly, archivist, what were you thinking???

“We pay tribute to the families, whose unwavering determination and dignity in the face of unimaginable loss and injustice have inspired a movement that will protect others. Their courage and selflessness will not only change the law—it will change the lives of future generations."

In 1828, Covent Garden's 'select vestry' took an annual trip to look at the orphans put out to nurse at Norwood; their expenses claim for food & drink caused uproar and led to opening up of franchise for parish voting; not least because they decided to dine at a nice tavern in Greenwich

Scotland says nae to Ancestry. #genealogy www.independent.ie/business/anc...

"Gunpowder archaeology" is not a phrase I want to hear. I imagine the archaeologists amongst you, even less so. (Fascinating though. I did NOT have the book with a big red gem either. Probably too old. Pah.)

News | Ian Murray appointed culture minister in government reshuffle – MP for Edinburgh South succeeds Chris Bryant at DCMS

Dog owners please be so careful who you board your dog with. Shadow, one of the dogs in this case was my friends dog. I can’t tell you how this has destroyed them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...